Re: Ecuador: Dengue 2013
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Number of people affected by dengue is reduced by 22.8%
Quito, July 2, 2013 - 21h41
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The preventive and control of dengue, developed by the Ministry of Public Health generates positive results in the fight against this disease. Until the end of June 2013, recorded a total of 9,503 reported cases, lower than that obtained in the same period in 2012, when 12,307 cases demonstrated, which means a reduction of 22.8%.
Also, cases of death were reduced by more than half, from 20 deaths in 2012-9 in 2013.
The main actions taken by that Ministry include the work of fumigation brigades, community participation in implementing biolarvicides in tanks and containers for domestic use, training in educational institutions; community outreach; loudspeakers, among others.
Similarly, between 2012 and 2013 were evacuated 65 000 tires. (Galapagos 35,000, Santo Domingo Manta 10,000 and 20,000) to eradicate mosquito breeding areas Aedes aegypti.
In the month of March this year, the Ministry of Health gave the Virtual Course on Dengue to 24 000 health professionals from across the country, for the effective clinical management of this disease, while 2,348 health professionals were trained personally by a medical team of experts in the field.
In Ecuador since 2012, through the National Strategy "My Family from Dengue" biolarvicides is used to control the mosquito Aedes aegypti, the main cause of the spread of dengue. According to health authorities, if unwitting consumer, this product is not harmful to humans. It is harmless to people, but not for the larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti and other genres.
The larvicide is a product made with certain kinds of bacilli (bacteria that exists in the environment). That is, is a biological product environmentally friendly and harmless to humans. It is not a product of chemical synthesis.
In the international context, to test the effectiveness of larvicide to control mosquito Aedes aegypti, countries like Peru and Argentina began with the production of it.
To combat this disease, the authorities recommend good wash and scrub the inside walls of the tank once a week, in addition, remove trays, cans, bottles or any container that is useless inside the house or in the yard and may collect water. Also keep tightly capped tanks or elevated tanks, among others.
In suspected dengue, people should not self-medicate with aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs (ibuprofen, diclofenac and naproxen). The health authority ordered the ban nationwide sales of the drugs listed without prescription, because they may complicate the course of the disease, when administered to patients with dengue.
http://www.salud.gob.ec/cifra-de-afectados-por-dengue-se-reduce-en-228/
